cost of living in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cost of living in the English»French Dictionary

1. live:

3. live (remain alive):

live (gen) fig
I'll live! hum

I.live2 [Brit lʌɪv, Am laɪv] ADJ

II.live2 [Brit lʌɪv, Am laɪv] ADV

I.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ] N

II.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ] ADJ

III.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ]

I.cost [Brit kɒst, Am kɔst] N

1. cost (price):

prix m (of de)

III.cost [Brit kɒst, Am kɔst] VB trans

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also old, late

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

cost of living in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cost of living in the English»French Dictionary

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The median home price is $495,000 compared with $217,200 for the country as a whole, and the cost of living is 30% higher than the national average.
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Other problems with the living wage is that the cost of living varies by location and is different for each individual situation.
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Possible costs would include higher rate of crime, higher mortality rates, higher cost of living, worse pollution, traffic and high commuting times.
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In part, this plan would grant extra money to poorer school systems and those in areas with a higher cost of living.
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As the cost of living increases at an exponential rate, more of us are finding it difficult to keep pace.
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A major catalyst for public anger has been the significant rise in the cost of living, particularly for the lower and middle class.
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These methods have generated a new approach to cost of living measurement and new measures of the standard of living, inequality, and poverty.
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Tuition and cost of living estimates have not yet been published for 2014-2015.
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The living wage will get indexed so that it keeps up with cost of living increases.
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The cost of living is 9.81% higher than the national average.
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